Thanks for these comments @carlosdp, and I really appreciate the discussion you and @TimDaub had in the thread on EIP-4973.
On @fulldecent’s weekly community service hour livestream, I asked about EIPs. We didn’t discuss his comment above specifically, but I’m now convinced that your interpretation is right and mine was wrong. I was probably swept up in confirmation bias and excitement about my new idea.
I don’t want to create a standard that’s meaningless and no one will use. I’m genuinely unclear about what’s useful, though.
Where’s the line? How reductionist should we be?
At one extreme, we can argue every EIP should rather just be an optional extension to some other, more fundamental one. At the other extreme, I can envision every fly-by-night pet project getting its own ERC.
Maybe this deserves another thread. I’m confused.